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Instead, the CD has been produced in an enhanced format. The layout and font are uncluttered and of a readable size (relatively speaking) a feat accomplished by the omission of the Spanish lyrics and their English translations from the booklet. Included with the CD is a 29-page booklet with an introduction to the art form, the region, and the singers, and extensive notes on each song.

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None of them are full-time professional musicians, but all have played for pay within their own communities. Robert Lee 'Bobby' Benton, Jr (vocals, guitar) and Oscar González (guitar, vocal) live in Tucson.

Francisco Federico and Antonio González come from the Altar Valley of Sonora Anonio Federico was born in Sasabe, Sonora, but lives in Tucson, and he is joined by Hipólito Polo Romero (guitar and vocals), Paul Romero (guitar), Francisco Moreno (accordion), and Alfonso Molina (guitarrón). Los Ribereños del Golfo (The Gulf Shoreliners) are a four-piece band from Bahia Kino, Sonora, consisting of Crecencio Ayala (accordion, vocals), Rosario Aguirre (guitar, vocals), Gregorio Ramírez (bajo sexto), and Victor Manuel Velarde (tolotoche). Luís Méndez (guitar, vocals) and Guadalupe Bracamonte (guitar) are from Caborca, Sonora. The singers, in five ensembles, come from both sides of the border. And, Griffith included some samples that, although culturally defined as corridos, are non-narrative, songs of commentary or description, a class of the corridos that he notes receive less attention from folklorists than those with a clear story to tell. Although some of the songs date from the 20th century as well as from the 19th, not included are songs on more contemporary topics, such as the immigrant experience in the United States and struggles for social justice, the dangers of crossing the border, and the drug trade (a subset of songs that has gained its own title: narcocorridos * - see footnote), because there are already commercial recordings of these songs available. The 71 minutes of music are comprised of 16 corridos, the ballads or story songs which have long served as a musical news service or history book in the Mexican folk culture of northern Sonora, Mexico and southern Arizona.Ĭorridos are written on almost every conceivable topic, but this set focuses on corridos with mostly Sonoran subjects, and mostly older themes and material, ranging from train wrecks horse races to fights over women to the dangers of working in the mines. Tucson, Arizona, folklorist James G 'Big Jim' Griffith is a musician, as well, and this insight served him well in compiling his latest publication, a CD: Heroes & Horses, Corridos from the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands, published by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Corridos from the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands

Compositor de corridos